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Fuckin ell! Does everything needs dubstep now? Looking good generally however there is plenty about this game which makes it look a bit dated. And it's not to say that the artistic execution isn't good but the visual design just screams from the era that Thief 3 was made in. Really murky colours, lots of effects going on that have minimal visual impact. Basically a lot of Unreal type stuff. It's so strange that everything I've seen of this so far makes it look very derivative which is hilarious when you think what a bar Thief 3 set. I don't see it capturing anywhere near the magic of the originals and nothing from a gameplay point of view has stimulated me at all.

HYyyyyyyyyPPPE!

Really fantastic game. Scared the crap out of me repeatedly and has a pretty solid story. It does a great job of making you feel threatened and vulnerable. This is not to be mixed up with the second game which was really different... and not necessarily better.

Can I suggest that someone play the first Condemned game as well. With the lights off....

I read a pretty scathing review from Kotaku about Unmasked and they highly recommended this... quite shocked at the full price tag for the Wii U though!

I agree with the positive points you're raising about the pad and I personally think it has been used well in a small amount of games. However I think using those positives to justify the fact that the Wii U is vastly more expensive than current gen consoles which deliver: 1) Greater variety of experiences 2) Strong release schedule 3) Service that are much more attractive (PSN+ particularly) I understand why that is the case but when Nintendo were designing the Wii U as a product, they would have known this was the case. They would have seen what the costs were and they could have designed a product were the value proposition justified the price. Nintendo have gambled big and are losing (potential income) hard. The market is speaking, very loudly, about whether the pad is justified at the moment. Whether you or d.d like it or not really makes no difference.

It's an interesting question for sure, one that Nintendo doesn't seem keen on answering with any confidence. My purchase of a Wii U was entirely my own fault though. I have always enjoyed Nintendo's forays into new gameplay types and I put far too much faith into them making game that would justify all of their rhetoric concerning the Wii U braking new ground and bringing new experiences. So far we have had SOME new experiences but the reality is that as an early adopter you are buying into a promise of getting the types of games/services that you hoped for. In my situation, Nintendo have not got anywhere meeting that promise and, judging by their current trajectory, probably never will. In short, looking at the past, the present and the probable future of the console it's just not something that I want to invest my time and money in any more. For me to enjoy myself, I think it would be better spent elsewhere including more time on my 3DS. On a serious point though, my 3DS is completely fulfilling my Nintendo fix.

Have watched episodes 1 and 2 now and am completely put off. Every one of the characters is like some pathetically shallow child (not the boss obviously) who is incapable of making anything but the most immature choice at the time. Story about adults that behave like adults please.

Not deliberate but massively outside of the terms of reasonable wear and use. Can't say I'm surprised in the least at their decision as I would have made the same call but it's harsh that the most handled bit of the console really costs that much. Only stacks up as another question as to why Nintendo decided to design the console like this.

Yeah I guess... Just wanted some bits to be a surprise. Shame as it means I can't come into thread anymore and get excited

I know I shouldn't be expecting this thread to be spoiler free but recently people have been spoiler tagging stuff. Time to duck out so I don't spoil anything more for myself?

So I was wrong! (In fact I think I made them announce the date by saying it wasn't coming ) I'm really looking forward to this but I'm not going to try the demo as I don't want to spoil anything. Fully set and ready to get my finger-pointing, desk-slamming, paper-tapping, whip-cracking, psych-lock-breaking, coffee-drinking, memory-losing, beard-swooshing, t-bone-steak-eating, crowd-rabbling, FFS-Larry!-ing, NOT-GUILTY-confetti-slinging, pay-cut-noodling, toupee-slinging, that's-a-stepladder-not-a-ladder-ing, grape-juice-drinking, blue-badger-robot-dancing SHIT OOOOOOWN.

Then maybe buy your console until after the good games are out? Seriously man, chill out it's nothing to get upset about. If you feel that way about it (and I do too I'm just done being annoyed about it) then just sell your Wii U like I am.

Just spent about an hour and a half trying to rationalise data with formulas that I'm not even remotely familiar with only to realise 4 things: 1) I'm using Open Office which is vastly different to Excel 2) No one at work uses Op Off. 3) None of the formula syntax even vaguely works the same (and the graphs SUCK BALLS) so I've not even gained any useful learning experience out of my time. 4) I've nothing of use. Fucking great.

Duuuuuuuuude... ball suckage indeedy.

I'm 100% happy that Dennis Dyack can no longer ignore the reality that no one is going to accept him being part of any games creative process that has even the slightest risk. The guy has poisoned everything he has touched in the past 10 years and has no skill at working with any external companies. He might regain some trust if he kisses everyone's arse for 5 years and works very hard to prove himself again but I doubt anyone outside of silly investment firms are going to give him any money.

In the UK particularly, the people that did such a good job of advertising the Wii and the DS aren't involved anymore. Plus I remember reading somewhere that Nintendo was saving it's budget for Xmas where it will be used more effectively (read drowned out by xb1 and ps4 noise).

This is exactly what I expected it to be after watching the vids at E3. They need to stop trying to cock around with the core mechanics and let people play online properly, with some other interesting modes chucked in. You know... maybe look at what Sonic Transformed is doing?

Hey Rob, I have one for sale with a lot of accessories and stuff. PM me if interested or see the sales board.

Really looking forward to this on the 3DS as it'll be something @bluey and I can slug it out on (only form of accepted domestic abuse!) I'm very impressed and I just hope the gameplay holds out. I have a lot of faith that the 3DS version is going to be purdy :awesome:

A little disorientated playing this at the moment but enjoying it. I'm having major problems with what I hope is my SD card making the music all stuttery but it's leading to the occasional crash which is really annoying. Had to completely wipe the game after downloading it the first time and then reinstall it. Thank fuck a new SD card is on it's way as I rage quit after it crashing after playing for a couple of hours last night!

Aaaaaand done. Does sound like my current ad is screwed though right?

So I downloaded MH3 and first off the game just failed to load. Was worried by the tiny amount of space I had left but wiped the file and downloaded it again. The whole thing is very jerky. I think either my SD card is on it's way out or is just of poor quality/speed. Thoughts? Also what do people think of Kingston for as cards? Any other 32gb suggestions?

There's this horrible thing with Windows 7 and 8 where if they can't ping the gateway address (probably ARP reply actually) then you can't set the network type to Home or Office, just forced to keep it as Public. This completely fucks almost anything that you want to do apart from going on the net as it imposes a whole bunch of firewall rules that don't go away even if you turn your firewall off. It might be something similar... go into network and sharing centre. In the middle of the screen and slightly to the left there should be a link to select and change the network type: If you can't click it, then it can't detect the gateway. You're not doing something daft like VLANing your network are you?